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pào

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pào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pào | pao4
English translation
gun, cannon

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About pào

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

pào

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

stone

Etymology of pào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石包

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

Bāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Huǒ represents the meaning and Bāo represents the sound. Simplified form of pào .

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Words with pào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
bāo cannon bāo
炮弹 pào dàn artillery shell炮彈
大炮 dà pào big gun大砲
鞭炮 biānpào firecrackers鞭炮 biānpào
迫击炮 pǎi jī pào mortar (weapon)迫擊炮
火炮 huǒ pào cannon火炮 huǒ pào
炮兵 pào bīng gunner炮兵 pào bīng
炮火 pào huǒ gunfire炮火 pào huǒ
开炮 kāi pào to open fire開砲
炮轰 pào hōng to bombard炮轟
枪炮 qiāng pào firearm槍砲
炮制 páo zhì to concoct炮製
炮击 pào jī to shell炮擊
炮手 pào shǒu gunner砲手
炮塔 pào tǎ gun turret炮塔 pào tǎ
炮灰 pào huī cannon fodder炮灰 pào huī
炮台 pào tái fort砲臺
放鞭炮 fàng biān pào to set off firecrackers放鞭炮 fàng biān pào
高射炮 gāo shè pào anti-aircraft gun高射炮 gāo shè pào
马后炮 mǎ hòu pào fig. belated action馬後炮
火箭炮 huǒ jiàn pào rocket artillery火箭炮 huǒ jiàn pào
加农炮 jiā nóng pào cannon (loanword)加農炮
礼炮 lǐ pào salvo禮炮
打炮 dǎ pào to open fire with artillery打炮 dǎ pào
重炮 zhòng pào heavy artillery重砲

pào Decomposition & Compounds

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